Toy



0. D. WILLIS Nov. 11, 1924:

TOY

' Filed April 1 1924 INVENTOR 17. with WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

YATES 52 A? E NT OSCAR BELLE/ISN'T W'ILLIS, Q1 HUNTINGTON, VJEST VIRGINIA.

TOY.

Application filed. April 1, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Oscar. D. WVILLLS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Huntington, in the county of Cabell and State of West Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys and it pertains more particularly to toys of the motoroperated type. I

It is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide a track over which a car is movable in opposite directions, the car being operated by gravity.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means for rocking the oscillating track in order that the car may be elevated to permit of its travel over the track under the influence of gravity.

It is a further object of the invention to construct the device in such a manner that the car will be received and maintained at opposite ends of the track until such time as it is elevated sufficiently to permit of its travel over the track.

With the above and other objects in View, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation, partly in section, of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention, the section being taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the improved y;

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view of the track construction.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the device comprises a base 5 of substantially U-shaped form, and mounted in the side flanges 6 of the base there is a motor 7 of any conventional type of clockwork mechanism. The power wheel of the motor is designated by the reference numeral 8 and connected, as at 9, thereto, there is a crank arm 10, which will be hereinafter more specifically mentioned.

Extending transversely of the base 6, there is a shaft 11, and mounted for rocking movement on this shaft there is a track 12. This track has formed, intermediate of its ends, a loop 13, and upon one end of the track there is formed a substantially U-shaped cage 14 and upon the opposite end a similar cage 15. The reference numeral Serial No. 703,450.

17 designates a car adapted to move over the track, and such car has wheels 16 adapted to be received in channels 19 formed in the track, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The sides of the track are flanged, as designated by the reference numeral 20, to aid in maintaining the car on the track.

Depending from the track 12 at the bottom of the loop 13 and rigidly attached thereto, there is an arm 21. This arm 21 is connected, as at 22, to the crank arm 10 heretofore mentioned in such a manner that as the power wheel 8 of the spring motor rotates, through the medium of the crank arm 10 and the arm 21, the track 12 will be rocked back and forth as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. As the track is rocked back and forth, the car 17 is caused to travel from one end of the track to the other, and in moving from one end of the track to the other the car is caused to make the loop 13.

With the parts in the position shown in i Fig. 1, the car 17 is about to leave the cage 14 and descend the inclined portion of the track. In traveling down the inclined portion, the car will attain sufficient momentum to cause it to make the loop 13 and travel to the cage 15 at the opposite end of the track where it will be received and held until this end of the track is elevated, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. As this position of the parts is assumed, through the medium of the clockwork mechanism 7 the car will again pass down the incline leaving the cage 15 and travel around the loop 13 to the cage 14.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a toy, a track adapted to rock about a pivotal point to alternately elevate the ends of the track, a loop interposed between the ends of the track, a cage at each end of the track, and a car adapted to travel the length of the track and be received in said cages upon rocking of the track.

2. In a toy, a track adapted to rock about a pivotal point to alternately elevate the ends of the track, a loop interposed between the ends of the track, a cage at each end of the track, a car adapted to travel the length of the track and be received in said ca es upon rocking of the track, and means orrocking said track to alternately elevate the ends thereof.

3. In a toy, a track adapted to rock about a pivotal point to alternately elevate the ends of the track, a loop interposed between the ends oi the track a cage at each end of the track, acar adapted to travel the length of the track and be received in said cages upon rocking of the track, and means for rocking the track to alternately elevate the ends thereof, said means comprising an arm depending from the pivotal mounting of said track, a spring motor mechanism and driving mechanism connecting said arm with the spring motor mechanism.

OSCAR DELLMONT WILLIS 

